A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

Nowadays, scientists armed with sophisticated telescopes witness many supernovas every year, but they have all been distant ...

Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star.

In a cottage nestled deep in a Swedish forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part ...

Scientists have observed the early stages of a star's violent death – a supernova – for the first time. The shape of these ...

The explosive death of a star - a supernova - is among the most violent cosmic events, but precisely how this cataclysm looks ...

Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star.

Madinah won the 2025 Shanghai Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities in its third cycle, recognizing progress in ...

In fact, Lee and his colleagues suggest the expansion started to decelerate 1.5 billion years ago, and could even reverse entirely in the future, resulting in a “big crunch” that effectively turns the ...

But most of the gold on Earth isn’t in our hands; it’s deep underground. During the planet’s formation, heavy elements like ...

In November 1572, a brilliant new star appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia, shining so brightly that it was visible during the day. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe carefully documented this ...

What can an exploding star in a distant galaxy teach scientists about red supergiants? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of ...